Fallsburg police seize two emaciated pit bulls, pair charged

SOUTH FALLSBURG - Fallsburg police on Wednesday seized two emaciated pit bulls left tied to a trailer and a tree in the extreme heat without any water and charged the owners with animal cruelty.

Joseph Navas, 31, and Sabrina German, 32, who live on Prospect Lane in South Fallsburg, were charged under Ag and Markets law with torturing, overdriving and injuring, failing to provide sustenance and neglect, misdemeanors. Joann Gerow, the town’s animal control officer, posted on her Facebook page the dogs suffered “from extensive fly bites and neck wounds from the choke collars used to tie them.”

“One was collapsing, barely able to stand. Both were dehydrated. They were immediately seized and transported to a local veterinarian where they are being cared for.”